The Birth of the Netherlands
During the Franco-Dutch War, Bernhard von Galen, the bishop of Munster, laid siege to the city of Groningen. In a historic confrontation that tested the strength of the fledgling United Provinces, the Dutch claimed victory over von Galen in what many historians consider the birth of the Netherlands. The author of Siege Coins of the World, 1453-1902, Lawrence C. Korchnak, tells the story of the 1672 siege of Groningen and celebrates the defense of the city in his Money Talks presented during the 2022 World’s Fair of Money® in Rosemont, Il.